Feb 13, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
PrefaceEvery year, millions of people around the world are forcibly displaced from their lands, homes and livelihoods to make way for large-scale development projects. Most often those who are forced to sacrifice their place on earth for both public and private...
Feb 9, 2012 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
The paper, titled Australia Afghanistan Community Resilience Scheme, proposes funding be divided among five experienced NGOs and would seek to assist the ”poorest and most marginalised people” while at the same time hoping to improve broader agricultural...
Feb 6, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
On February 13th, Bridges Across Borders Cambodia (BABC) will present the findings of its forthcoming report, DERAILED, A Study on the Resettlement Impacts of the Rehabilitation of the Cambodian Railway. The Project, predominantly financed by the...
Feb 6, 2012 | CAMPAIGNS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
It was envisaged as an Afghan utopia for returned asylum seekers – a purposebuilt housing estate with running water, jobs, schools and small businesses on the outskirts of the capital, Kabul.Funded by Australian taxpayers for about $8 million, the AliceGhan...
Jan 9, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
They have raked in $1.81 billion in taxpayer-funded contracts, but the lack of scrutiny of their profits is under challenge, as are the huge sums given to agencies such as the World Bank, which receives $450 million a year.Aid experts and the Opposition are demanding...
Dec 14, 2011 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
The letter is being released in the lead up to International Human Rights Day on December 10th 2011 and comes after the Vanuatu Government for a second time refused a march permit on the grounds that it would cause instability in the governmentTo view letter please...